Shuttle-holder.



M. S. CUNNINGHAM.

SHUTTLE HOLDER.

APPLICAHON FILED MAY7. 1915.

1,161,624. Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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MONROE S. CUNNINGHAM, OF LARCHWOOD, IOWA.

SHUTTLE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

Application filed May 7, 1915. Serial No. 26,621.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MONROE S. CUNNING- HAM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Larchwood, in the county of Lyon, State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shuttle-Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improveinents in a device for winding thread upon shuttles, and has for its object to so construct a device of this character that thread may be quickly wound upon the shuttle from a rotatably supported spool.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel form of thread guide to assure that thread will be properly wound upon the shuttle during the rotation of the same.

A still further object of the invention is to provide novel means to easilyand quickly remove a wound shuttle, and to apply one to be wound.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of the shuttle supporting disk.

Referring to the drawing 1 designates a base, having fixed thereto, and in spaced relation standards 2, the upper ends of which are provided with bearings 3, and in which is rotatably supported the shaft 4, one end of which being provided with a crank handle 5.

Fixed to the other end of the shaft 4 is a disk 6, the same being concavo-conveX in cross section, and having its edges provided with diametrically opposite cutaway portions so as to provide oppositely disposed shoulders 7 which serve to engage the side edges of the plate 8 of the shuttle 9, whereby when the shaft 4 is rotated similar movement will be imparted to the shuttle.

A clamping bracket 10 is provided and is formed from resilient wire, and consists of a pair of convergingly arranged arms 11,

the lower ends of which terminate in extens1ons 12 adapted to have their inner ends lmbedded in one of the side edges of the base 1. The point of merging of the arms 11 constitutes a bearing for the pin 13, the inner end of which is adapted to engage the socket 14: formed in the plate 15 of the shuttle, and since the clamping bracket 10 is formed from resilient wire said pin will beheld in yielding engagement with the adjacent plate of the shuttle and thus holds the shuttle in binding engagement with the disk 6.

Fixed transversely of the base 1 is a rod 16, one end of which terminates in an upwardly curved thread guide 17 which is provided with spaced perforations 18 through which is threaded the thread which feeds from the spool 19 rotatably mounted upon the pin 20, said pin being connected to the base 1.

It will be noted that the thread guide 17 is positioned in such relation to the shuttle that rotation of the latter will cause said guide to pass between the plates 8 and 15 of the shuttle, thus insuring that the thread will be wound properly upon the said shuttle. Since the shuttles shown are usually made from hard rubber, it is obvious that the plates thereof will flex sufficiently to permit the guide to pass between the shuttle plates.

When it is desired to interchange shuttles it is only necessary to grasp the pin 13 and move the same from engagement with the socket 14 of a shuttle just wound, and replace a shuttle to be wound.

What is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a

base, a shaft supported by the base, means for rotating the shaft, a disk fixed to one end of the shaft and having spaced shoulders thereon, a resilient bracket supported by the base, and having a pin, a shuttle engaged with the disk and between the shoulders, said pin being adapted to engage the shuttle to hold the same in yielding engagement with the disk, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a device of the class described, a base, a shaft rotatably supported by the base, means for rotating the shaft, a disk fixed to one end of the shaft and having spaced shoulders, a resilient bracket supported by the base and having a pin, a shuttle engaged with the disk and between the shoulders, said pin being engaged with the In testimony whereof, I aflix my signashuttle to hold the same in yielding Vengageture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

' ment with the disk, a thread 'guid'e supported by the disk, a spool rotatably mounted on MONROE CUNNINGHAM the base for feedingthread to the shuttle Witnesses: fromlthe guide, said guide being located in M. C. DUEG, the path of travel of the shuttle. J. N. J ACOBSON.

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